by Collectif | 30 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Embryo research and alternatives
A study published on Thursday in the Cell Stem Cell journal revealed that almost “570 clinics in the United States are offering stem cell treatments that have not been authorised by the US Federal Drug Agency, the FDA”, and that “these treatments can prove risky”....
by Collectif | 30 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
After a 5-year judicial battle, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has just lost its trial against a 60-year-old woman, who wished to use the frozen oocytes of her daughter who died of cancer in 2011 Hoping to become a mother by IVF, the...
by Collectif | 29 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On 22 June 2016 in Prague, the Czech Government voted against a draft bill presented by six MPs and aimed at allowing euthanasia under strict conditions. The draft bill sought to grant euthanasia to terminally ill patients who had requested it. The bill also...
by Collectif | 29 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On Wednesday, 29 June, the Mexican Supreme Court rejected a draft law to decriminalise abortion. Members of this institution’s upper house rejected, by three votes to one, an initiative seeking to “declare as unconstitutional two articles in the penal code...
by Collectif | 29 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On Wednesday, the Louvain Civil Court in Belgium condemned the management of the Huiez Sint-Augustinus residential home in Diest “for its rejection of euthanasia in August 2011”. The management board was ordered to pay “damages” totalling €6,000 to the family of...
by Collectif | 28 Jun, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
On Tuesday, the Lithuanian Parliament adopted a legal framework for in-vitro fertilisation after “years of passionate debate”. To date, in-vitro fertilisation has only been carried out in private establishments for an “average cost of approximately €2,000” and was not...